What happens when a plant geneticist and an art historian walk into a museum together? They come up with a new idea for tracing the visual evolution of our plant-based foods. The fruits, vegetables, ...

For food artist Sandra Marshall, all it took to achieve six million views on social media earlier this year was a simple potato tuber dressed in kale with eggplant mittens, made to resemble Senator ...

The return of the L.A. lunch? Plus a mole stand’s closure, Porridge + Puffs 2.0 and the death of young pastry chef. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s Tasting Notes ...

“Don’t touch!” is a common if not expected refrain when viewing art, but some works are not only meant to be touched—but eaten. Food has been a point of artistic inspiration for millennia—from ancient ...

As for exhibitions tackling food as an artistic theme, there’s always something simmering. A quick search returns results for “Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism” at ...